Design Week
27 May 2010
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All personality and no politics
27 May 2010
Now that the General Election is over we can all get on with the business of getting on with business. What has been interesting this year, however, is that the election campaign has been focused on personality rather than hard politics (News, DW 28 April).
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Angled poise
27 May 2010
Terence Woodgate has designed two lights for new exterior lighting company Paviom, which specialises in energy-efficient, recyclable products.
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Best of the Web
27 May 2010
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Birds' eye views
27 May 2010
The London office of architect John McAslan & Partners will host an exhibition of Michael Collins’ cityscape photography from 1-11 June.
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Branding is the big issue for charities, not budgets
27 May 2010
Yes, the recession has placed budgetary challenges on an increasingly competitive charity sector (News Analysis, DW 6 May), but a shrinking budget isn’t the only issue design has to contend with in the Third Sector.
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Colour of money
27 May 2010
Illustrator Mr Bingo has created a paint-by-numbers interior scene of the Tate to show the gallery’s supporters how their contributed funds are spent.
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Crush designs anniversary logo for Artsmark awards
27 May 2010
Crush Design has created an identity and print communications for the tenth year of Artsmark, the Arts Council England’s awards for arts education provision in schools.
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Design Studio unveils work for photographer
27 May 2010
Design Studio has created a website and book for London-based photographer Esther Teichmann.
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Different paths towards professional development
27 May 2010
I enjoyed your article Coach it out (Professional Development supplement, DW 6 May), but I found the title misleading as it was all about training, which is a different activity. While I agree that both activities promote learning, they do it in different ways.
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Gateway to East Asia
27 May 2010
China and India may grab the design limelight, but Singapore - midway between the two, but with a strong anglophone culture - is proving to be a very attractive location for UK groups servicing the Asian market. Angus Montgomery reports
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Hat-Trick uses public art in London signage scheme
Wed, 26 May 2010
Hat-Trick Design is creating wayfinding and signage for a housing estate in south London. Graffiti artist Boyd and graphic design group Telegramme are among seven public art collaborators on the scheme.
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Hostages to fortune
27 May 2010
Many have found to their cost that identifying your brand with a benchmark, be it concept or celebrity, is a risky business. As David Bernstein reminds us, comparisons are often odorous
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Hotel conference addresses the next decade's challenges
27 May 2010
Forecasters are saying turbulence and uncertainty in the coming decade will present hotels with new problems for design to challenge and change.
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Imagination claims first place in Design Week Top 100
Wed, 26 May 2010
Imagination has maintained its first-place spot in the Design Week Top 100 survey, despite an 11 per cent drop in fee-income over the past year.
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Inspired: Benji Wiedemann - A&B Studio
27 May 2010
Being a creature of habit, I enjoy nothing more than living my life to the beat of a stuck record: same walk to work, same lunch, same rituals, same routines - especially the realisation when things around me start to synchronise.
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Kensington Palace work could lead to exhibition commissions
Wed, 26 May 2010
A £12m project is underway to redevelop Kensington Palace in west London and open it up to the public, through a new entrance, visitor hub, permanent exhibitions and landscaping.
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Large Blue brands French cultural initiative
Wed, 26 May 2010
Digital consultancy Large Blue has created the brand and digital platform for Culturethèque - a new cultural initiative from the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni.
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Making good
27 May 2010
Distinctions between designer, maker, craftsperson and artist are often futile, but whatever labels are used, exhibitions of their work abound. Ahead of the final Jerwood Contemporary Makers show, Design Week talks to three contributors about their approaches to design, materials and making
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Martin Lore Graphic Design brands newly named YMCA branch
27 May 2010
Martin Lore Graphic Design has created a new identity for YMCA London South West, formerly known as Kingston and Wimbledon YMCA.
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News in Pictures
27 May 2010
The Chase has designed Simon Veksner’s book How to Make it as an Advertising Creative, published by Laurence King, priced £17.95.
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News in Pictures
27 May 2010
Furniture by Dare Studio and posters created by Taylor Type will feature in the Home exhibition at the Rodhus Gallery in Brighton from 21 June to 25 July. The show marks the launch of company Rodhus Art & Design.
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News in Pictures
27 May 2010
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Norton Allison creates London museum exhibition celebrating history of Girl Guides
27 May 2010
Norton Allison is creating an exhibition about Girl Guides for the Museum of London Docklands to celebrate guiding’s centenary.
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Overseas interests and new business models are helping groups prosper
27 May 2010
It is sheer coincidence that we focus on groups moving into Singapore in the week we reveal the 2010 Top 100 listing (see News Analysis).
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Profile: Gorden Wagener
27 May 2010
As Mercedes’ global design chief, this German-born, part-time LA resident and RCA alumnus champions the role of branding as a key market differentiator. John Stones talks to him, as the carmaker launches its £160 000 update of a classic model
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Retail consultancies tackle independent stores in new series of BBC's Mary Queen of Shops
27 May 2010
The third series of BBC show Mary Queen of Shops is set for broadcast next month, with the involvement of a number of retail design consultancies.
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The art of fighting
27 May 2010
Whether rallying demonstrators against Margaret Thatcher’s Poll Tax in 1990 or campaigning to free Nelson Mandela in South Africa, protest posters have called the masses to action for more than a century.
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TOP 100
27 May 2010
With results rattled by the recession, there’s been an unprecedented reluctance to enter our survey this year - but groups will flock back as soon as their fortunes are restored, argues Lynda Relph-Knight
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Two directors leave in Identica restructure
Wed, 26 May 2010
Identica directors Sheona Michie and Alice King have been made redundant, with their roles set to be combined into a new deputy managing director position.
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Voxpop
27 May 2010
Which part of the UK transport system would you like to redesign, and what features would it include?
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Way to go
27 May 2010
Public-sector wayfinding design focuses on functionality and simplicity to provide straightforward information. But there is also room for graphic expressions of a building’s purpose and identity. Anna Richardson examines schemes that combine the functional and the bold
